Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
  • A23D—EDIBLE OILS OR FATS, e.g. MARGARINES, SHORTENINGS OR COOKING OILS
  • A23D7/00—Edible oil or fat compositions containing an aqueous phase, e.g. margarines
  • A23D7/02—Edible oil or fat compositions containing an aqueous phase, e.g. margarines characterised by the production or working-up
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
  • A23D—EDIBLE OILS OR FATS, e.g. MARGARINES, SHORTENINGS OR COOKING OILS
  • A23D7/00—Edible oil or fat compositions containing an aqueous phase, e.g. margarines
  • A23D7/001—Spread compositions
• • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
  • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
  • C11B—PRODUCING, e.g. BY PRESSING RAW MATERIALS OR BY EXTRACTION FROM WASTE MATERIALS, REFINING OR PRESERVING FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES, e.g. LANOLIN, FATTY OILS OR WAXES; ESSENTIAL OILS; PERFUMES
  • C11B7/00—Separation of mixtures of fats or fatty oils into their constituents, e.g. saturated oils from unsaturated oils
• • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
  • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
  • C11C—FATTY ACIDS FROM FATS, OILS OR WAXES; CANDLES; FATS, OILS OR FATTY ACIDS BY CHEMICAL MODIFICATION OF FATS, OILS, OR FATTY ACIDS OBTAINED THEREFROM
  • C11C3/00—Fats, oils, or fatty acids by chemical modification of fats, oils, or fatty acids obtained therefrom
  • C11C3/04—Fats, oils, or fatty acids by chemical modification of fats, oils, or fatty acids obtained therefrom by esterification of fats or fatty oils
  • C11C3/10—Ester interchange

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a margarine fat, particularly to margarines and spreads containing said fat and to a process for producing said margarine fat.
• the invention relates to a margarine fat and margarines preferably exclusively consisting of vegetable oils and ideally of vegetable oils originating from one and the same source.
• margarines particularly vegetable margarines which (a) spread easily, (b) contain a relatively high proportion of unsaturated fatty acids, (c) have good organoleptic properties, i.e. a good melting behaviour under temperature conditions prevailing in the mouth which is comparable to that achieved with lauric fats, and (d) have a relatively low transfatty acid level, e.g. a level not exceeding 15% and preferably a level equal to or somewhat lower than 10%.
• the margarine fat according to the invention is characterized in that
• S 3 the level of triglycerides from 3 saturated fatty acids with 16 or 18 carbon atoms
• S 2 U the level of triglycerides from unsaturated fatty acids with 16 or 18 carbon atoms
• the level of saturated fatty acids with 18 carbon atoms (hereafter abbreviated C 18:0 ) is higher than 15%
• the level of monounsaturated fatty acids with 18 carbons atoms (hereafter abbreviated C 18:1 ) is higher than 15%
• the level of di-unsaturated fatty acids with 18 carbon atoms (hereafter abbreviated C 18:2 ) is higher than 30%
• the level of trans fatty acids ranges from 0 to 15%.
• the level of S 3 triglycerides is kept at a minimum, since these triglycerides are responsible for waxiness on consumption of the fat. Therefore, the closer the level of S 3 is to 0, the better.
• the preferred range for the level of S 2 U triglycerides is from 20 to 35%. This class of triglycerides is very important, since S 2 U triglycerides are mainly responsible for imparting to the margarine the desired consistency without detrimentally affecting its organoleptic properties.
• the ratio of S 2 U:S 3 is preferably higher than 6 and ideally higher than 10. Such ratios reflect an appropriate choice of starting materials and fractionation conditions and will lead to margarines having good melting properties under the temperature and shear conditions prevailing in the mouth, as well as a good plasticity.
• the level of C 18:0 fatty acids preferably ranges from 20 to 33%
• the level of C 18:1 preferably ranges from 20 to 30%
• the level of C 18:2 preferably ranges from 40 to 55%
• the level of unsaturated fatty acids in the trans configuration preferably ranges from 5 to 9%.
• Triglycerides derived from these acids and having a melting point ranging from 28° to 43° C. promote a quick crystallization of the fat.
• the fat solids profile of a margarine fat is a direct consequence of the selection of the triglycerides and fatty acids composition of the starting materials as defined above.
• the coolness of the fat is generally expressed by the difference in fat solids at 15° C. and 25° C.
• the margarine fat according to the invention displays a coolness N 15 -N 25 which is equal to and preferably higher than 15.
• the margarine fat blends according to the invention have a hardness which is preferably higher than 150 g/cm 2 and ideally ranges from 300 to 1500 g/cm 2 when measured at 10° C.
• the margarine fat blends according to the invention can be processed to margarines or low fat spreads after mixing with an aqueous phase by means of well-known methods involving working and cooling, preferably using surface-scraped coolers and resting tubes, e.g. a Votator apparatus.
• the process for producing the above-defined margarine fats according to the invention comprises:
• Oil (i) preferably comprises a vegetable oil such as soybean oil, sunflower oil, safflower oil, rapeseed oil, cottonseed oil, maize oil, olive oil, etc. or mixtures thereof.
• sunflower oil is preferred.
• oil (i) further comprises a proportion of oil hydrogenated to 28°-43° C.
• the oil or fat (ii) preferably consists of any of the oils (i) or a mixture thereof, which has been hydrogenated to obtain a fat in which at least 80% of the fatty acid residues is saturated, under conditions avoiding trans fatty acids formation to a level exceeding 15% and preferably avoiding levels exceeding 10% (using e.g. a freshly precipitated Ni-catalyst).
• Oil or fat (ii) preferably has a melting point ranging from 50° to 70° C. and an iodine value of less than 10, preferably less than 5.
• Oil (C) preferably comprises an oil (i), part of which consists of the same oil (i) hydrogenated to a melting point ranging from 28° to 43° C.
• oils (i), (ii) and (C) derive from the same source and ideally from sunflower oil, which is readily available at a reasonable price.
• Random interesterification can be carried out in a way known per se, using as a catalyst a mixture of NaOH and glycerol or alkalimetals, their alloys, their hydroxides or alkoxides at a level of 0.01-0.5 wt% at 25°-175° C., preferably at a temperature ranging from 80°-140° C., using fats substantially free of moisture, i.e. fats containing less than about 0.01% of moisture.
• the proportion of oil (ii) in the mixture to be interesterified should not be too high, in order to obtain a reasonable yield of the olein. On the other hand it should not be too low, since otherwise the level of solids at 10° C. of the olein would be too low. It is therefore important that oils (i) and (ii) are present in proportions within the given ranges.
• the triglycerides present in the interesterified mixture preferably comprise (i) 30-60% of saturated C 16 or C 18 fatty acid residues, the remainder of said C 16 or C 18 fatty acids being unsaturated fatty acid residues, preferably of the linoleic type, and (ii) 3-20% of triglycerides derived from tri-saturated fatty acid residues.
• the fractionation can be carried out in the presence of a solvent, in the presence of a detergent (Lanza fractionation) or in the absence of a solvent (dry-fractionation).
• the fractionation is preferably carried out under conditions such that the level of tri-saturated triglycerides derived from the saturated fatty acids in the olein fraction is less than 6%, preferably less than 3%.
• dry-fractionation is applied, e.g.
• the stearin obtained by fractionation of the randomly interesterified blend is recirculated.
• One way of re-using the stearin according to the invention involves:
• Another way of re-using the stearin according to the invention involves
• step (c) of the process according to the invention preferably 30-70% of the olein (B) are mixed with 5-50% of (A) and 5-55% of (C), the sum of (A)+(B)+(C) being 100%.
• a margarine fat is produced from 100% of olein (B) obtained by random interesterification of oil (i), part of which is non-hydrogenated and part of which has been hydrogenated to a melting point ranging from 28° to 43° C., with a fully hydrogenated oil (ii), followed by a fractionation as hereinbefore defined, whereby the lower melting olein fraction is separated from the higher melting stearin.
• oil i
• ii fully hydrogenated oil
• the level of trans fatty acids was measured according to J.A.O.C.S. 54, 47 (1971) as elaidic acid content (isolated mono-trans).
• the hardness of the fat blend was expressed in C-values and determined according to the method described in J.A.O.C.S. 36 (1959), pp. 345-348, Haighton et al.
• a mixture was produced from 46% of sunflower oil, 14% of sunflower oil hydrogenated to a melting point of 32° C. and 40% of sunflower oil hydrogenated to a melting point of 69° C.
• This mixture was randomly interesterified at 120° C. under moisture-free conditions using 0.12 wt% of NaOC 2 H 5 .
• the interesterified mixture was subjected to dry-fractionation at 34° C., whereby a lower melting olein fraction and a higher melting stearin fraction were separated.
• a margarine was produced by mixing 80 wt% of the olein fraction with 20 wt% of an aqueous phase.
• the W/O emulsion obtained was processed through Votator A- and C-units.
• the analytical data are summarized in Table I.
• the margarine was submitted to a panel of experts, who assessed the melting behaviour, plasticity and consistency of the product. The margarine was found to be very satisfactory in all respects.
• Example I was repeated, with the exception that a margarine fat blend was produced from 70% of olein and 30% of sunflower oil.
• a margarine fat blend was produced from: a non-interesterified mixture (C), consisting of 15% of sunflower oil, 12% of sunflower oil hydrogenated to 32° C.; 23% of a mixture (A), consisting of 70% of sunflower oil and 30% of sunflower oil hydrogenated to a melting point of 69° C., which has been subjected to random interesterification as outlined in Example I; and 50% of an olein fraction obtained by dry-fractionation at 35° C. of a mixture obtained by random interesterification of a mixture consisting of 65% of sunflower oil and 35% of sunflower oil hydrogenated to 69° C.
• C non-interesterified mixture
• A consisting of 70% of sunflower oil and 30% of sunflower oil hydrogenated to a melting point of 69° C.
• the margarine was submitted to a panel of experts, who assessed the melting behaviour, plasticity and consistency of the product.
• a margarine fat was produced from 70 wt.% of said olein and 30% of the non-fractionated, randomly interesterified mixture described above.
• a margarine was produced by emulsifying 80 wt.% of the margarine fat with 20% of an aqueous phase, to obtain a W/O emulsion, which was processed according to the procedure described in Example 1.
• the margarine was submitted to a panel of experts, who assessed the melting behaviour, plasticity and consistency of the product.

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